To be blunt, Hellemental is a time waster and nothing more. The controls aren’t intuitive, the icons are confusing and the instructions are anything but clear. The game looks polished, with more than acceptable 3D graphics and very fun, sparkly particle effects and a wide, well-realized diversity of creature designs. The sound design is actually really nice. [...]
Continue reading...6. March 2010
With it’s minimalistic Zen inspired visuals, Fox Vs Duck is the latest game from Studio FungFung, the makers of one of my favourite games from last year, MiniSquadron. Coined as a micro-game, Fox Vs Duck is just that, a simple pick up and play distraction that you’ll find yourself coming back to again and again. The [...]
Continue reading...26. February 2010
Earlier today we Canadians received a great gift, and no it wasn’t the Canada vs. Slovakia Hockey game. Just like Touch Pets and Eliminate before it, ngmoco’s We Rule has come out in Canada before the rest of the world! I guess Canada is a great test bed for new games that rely heavily on [...]
Continue reading...26. February 2010
The legendary fighting series Street Fighter gets touchy feely with the release of Street Fighter IV for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Like its console counter-part, SF4 for iPhone is played from a 2D perspective, with additional 3D camera flourishes. Numerous new special moves have been mapped to a unique 4-button control scheme as [...]
Continue reading...12. February 2010
The Chillingo published physics puzzle game Angry Birds was just updated to version 1.2, adding 40 new levels and integration with the Crystal social network. I had some awesome things to say about Angry Birds on the Touch of Gaming Podcast episode #42, likening it to a Boom Blocks experience on your iPhone, and am [...]
Continue reading...11. February 2010
Telltale Games has officially announced that it is indeed bringing its titles to Macs today. The first game to hit the platform will be Tales of Monkey Island. Telltale is currently asking fans to decide which game it releases next: Strong Bad, Sam & Max or Wallace and Gromit. (Anyone with any taste should vote Sam & Max) Telltale also announced that the Mac [...]
Continue reading...3. February 2010
Last week of course saw the unveiling of Apple's latest 'must have' device: the iPad. The device has caused a division amongst those who have heard about it, with some hugely excited for the device, and others not seeing a reason for its existence. At Nukoda, we couldn't let such an important event pass without comment, and so included are some views of some of the writers for this website...
Continue reading...21. January 2010
Final Fantasy I and II will premiere on the iPhone and iPod touch, according to Square Enix’s Facebook page today. No other details, including price or a release window were provided in the announcement, but a few screens were posted on the page. The timeless “Fight, Magic, Defend, Item, Run” command menu has been replaced with a more [...]
Continue reading...20. January 2010
With little fanfare or even a press release, Rockstar’s portable GTA hit the App Store yesterday morning. The now twice ported title sells for $9.99, and from what I can tell from my four or so hours in the game, never looked better. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars was a bit of a commercial dud [...]
Continue reading...7. January 2010
Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony ended up towards the bottom end of environmental group Greenpeace’s quarterly Greener Electronics rankings this year with little improvement from last year. Despite game companies cutting some unnecessary plastic from game cases (the pie-pieces you’ve noticed cut out of recent game purchases are intentional) the Greenpeace scale rated Nintendo and Microsoft at [...]
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8. March 2010
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